We are pleased to announce that the 2nd
Silesian Meeting of Young Scholars (SMYS)
organised by the Institute of English at the
University of Silesia will be held on 6-7
November 2014 in Szczyrk.

SMYS Organisers wish to encourage PhD
candidates to present their contributions as
well as to participate without a paper in the
workshops and discussions. With this conference
we would like to promote research projects of
young linguists at the beginning of their
career as well as to help younger and less
experienced scholars in the field with their
theses and articles. Therefore, we would like
to invite all PhD candidates who share an
interest in linguistics and its sub-fields. As
the conference will cover a variety of themes,
we hope to attract young researchers
investigating the field of applied linguistics,
translation studies and psycholinguistics. All
those wishing to contribute papers or just to
attend workshops are welcome to participate in
the conference.

Conference Organisers:

Dagmara Gałajda
Paweł Zakrajewski

Advisory Board:

Prof. dr hab. Danuta Gabryś-Barker
Prof. UŚ dr hab. Andrzej Łyda

Workshops:

We are pleased to announce that the following
scholars have expressed their agreement to hold
workshops at SMYS Conference:

(1) Open workshops for all the participants
(sessions open for all participants):

The registration form, including the paper
abstract, should be sent as an attachment to an
e-mail: smys2013gmail.com

Fee: 200 euro

Abstract Submission:

All PhD students and young scholars interested
in participating in any of the thematic
workshop are asked to send a 300 word
description of their proposal, which will then
be presented by them (20 minutes) and discussed
with the facilitators and other PhD students
during the workshop.

Paper abstracts should be sent before 15 April
2014 to our e-mail address: smys2013gmail.com.

Accommodation:

The event will be held in Szczyrk, a resort
town in the Beskidy Mountains of Southern
Poland, from 6-7 November 2014 (arrival on
Wednesday, 5th November). The conference venue
will be Hotel META. All conference participants
will be accommodated there.

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